Fox has dashed Terrell and Derrell Brittenum's dreams of becoming the next American Idols.


The 28-year-old identical twin brothers were "uninvited" from the competition after their criminal records became public, their lawyer said. "It was an amicable breakup," attorney Maurice Bennett said on an Atlanta radio station. "The guys understood why. It's amazing how these things work."


The Brittenums got through to Hollywood during the first episode of the fifth season, when they wowed the judges at the Chicago auditions.


But when the brothers landed behind bars on charges that they used another man's identity and financial information last June to purchase a 2005 Dodge Magnum in Atlanta, their American Idol dreams died.


According to Bennett, both brothers were released from jail on bond Sunday morning and were preparing to travel to Los Angeles for the next round of eliminations when they received word that they didn't need to bother.